England beat Lithuania 2-0 in their World Cup qualification match in Group F at the Wembley Stadium on Sunday. It was England manager Gareth Southgate’s first game at Wembley and his side clearly had the advantage as they faced a side ranked 107th in the FIFA rankings. Lithuania seemed stunned with the occasion and had a nervy start.
Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe struck for England in the 21st minute as they went 1-0 up. The first-half ended with England having their nose ahead with their defence not really tested by the Lithuanian strikers. In the second-half, substitute Jamie Vardy came on to score and double the lead for England.
Halfway through the @EuroQualifiers, and the #ThreeLions have a four-point lead at the top. 👍 pic.twitter.com/qyNX35Gq5J
— England (@England) March 26, 2017
⚽️ @IAmJermainDefoe opens the scoring for @England! pic.twitter.com/OHJSYlWNyV
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) March 26, 2017
Brilliant assist from Adam Lallana, and Vardy makes it 2-0. #ENGvLIT 🔴 pic.twitter.com/8bxe4Lx0dT
— Watch LFC (@Watch_LFC) March 26, 2017
Germany prove their pedigree
Germany proved their champion pedigree as they beat Azerbaijan 4-1 in their World Cup qualifier in Group C at Baku. Andre Schurrle, making his first start for Germany since October 2015, opened the scoring. He then assisted Thomas Muller, who netted the ball to make it 2-1.
Mario Gomez struck just before half-time to make it 3-1 as Azerbaijan’s Dimitrij Nazarov pulled one back. However, Schurrle made it 4-1, netting his second for the night.
